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The price of Ardelyx Inc (NASDAQ: ARDX) closed at $5.02 in the last session, up 3.51% from day before closing price of $4.85. In other words, the price has increased by $3.51 from its previous closing price. On the day, 4.89 million shares were traded. ARDX stock price reached its highest trading level at $5.03 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $4.8.
Ratios:
We take a closer look at ARDX’s different ratios to gain a better understanding of the stock. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 4.31 and its Current Ratio is at 4.58. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.89 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.88.
On March 04, 2025, BTIG Research started tracking the stock assigning a Buy rating and target price of $14.
H.C. Wainwright Downgraded its Buy to Neutral on November 11, 2024, whereas the target price for the stock was revised from $11 to $5.50.
Insider Transactions:
An investor can also benefit from insider trades by learning what management is thinking about the future direction of stock prices. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Apr 04 ’25 when RAAB MICHAEL sold 41,666 shares for $4.59 per share. The transaction valued at 191,151 led to the insider holds 1,615,587 shares of the business.
Rosenbaum David P. bought 44,330 shares of ARDX for $242,559 on Mar 17 ’25. On Mar 07 ’25, another insider, RAAB MICHAEL, who serves as the President & CEO of the company, sold 41,668 shares for $5.36 each. As a result, the insider received 223,199 and left with 1,635,138 shares of the company.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, ARDX now has a Market Capitalization of 1196547072 and an Enterprise Value of 1125413248. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 3.59 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 6.90. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 3.373 whereas that against EBITDA is -43.474.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for ARDX is 0.77, which has changed by -0.21806854 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.07545352 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, ARDX has reached a high of $9.33, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $4.02. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -2.03%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -9.00%.
Shares Statistics:
According to the various share statistics, ARDX traded on average about 4.23M shares per day over the past 3-months and 4874030 shares per day over the past 10 days. A total of 238.02M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 230.59M. Insiders hold about 3.26% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 63.69% stake in the company. Shares short for ARDX as of 1743379200 were 30644481 with a Short Ratio of 7.25, compared to 1740700800 on 29821609. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 30644481 and a Short% of Float of 14.6.
Dividends & Splits
Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.0
